Blogmas is an internet meme to post every day in December leading up to Christmas. Obviously, we haven’t done that properly so this is a catching up.

Yesterday, the bank processed the payment for the base stage as they already received our FHOG. And as expected we woke up today with more debt I never imagined I can have. Not saying it’s really bad – that is usually the case with owning a house. It will only go upward from here til handover. But the goal now is to stay in control of the finances and out of any debt other than the house.

As an update on the construction, our frames and roof trusses are up. The exterior of the house is also now covered with the thermal covering (that’s what I was talking about the previous post re: waterproofing). Our site supervisor updated us that windows and gutters will be in today and is ready for another inspection. Then it will be pre-plaster stage.